O “ESVERDEAMENTO” DA CONVENÇÃO EUROPEIA DE DIREITOS HUMANOS: VÍCIOS E VIRTUDES

Abstract

There is no express right to a balanced environment in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Nevertheless, there are several rules and policies to promote the environmental protection throughout Europe. Although not recognizing it as an implicit right in the ECHR, the European Court of Human Rights has been making use of the rights provided therein, particularly the right to respect for private and family life, to affirm it reflexively. It is what has been called "greening" of the European Convention. This understanding presents its problems, but it has been an instrument that progressively extends the protection of that right, both in its substantive aspect, and in its procedural dimension. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]